The Board of Directors

Richard Dole - Chairman, CEO and President

Mr. Dole is the Chairman of the Board, CEO and President of the Company, and has served as a Director of the Company since 2005. He served as Chairman of the Audit Committee from 2005 until his election as CEO in early September 2008.  Mr. Dole also served as Chairman, CEO and President of Petrosearch Energy Corporation from 2004 to August 2009, when Petrosearch merged with the Company.  He also previously served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Burlington Resources International, and as a Director, a member of the Audit Committee and a designated financial expert of Westport Resources Corporation until Westport was merged into Kerr McGee Corp in 2004.  

Mr. Dole was with PricewaterhouseCoopers (formerly Coopers & Lybrand) where he served as Assurance and Business Advisory Partner for nearly 20 years. During that period he served in numerous senior management roles, including as National Chairman for the Energy and Natural Resources Industry practices for over 15 years and as the Vice Chairman for the U.S. Process Management business unit. He also was the National Partner-in-Charge of Business Process Solutions at KPMG

Mr. Dole has been in the energy and finance businesses for nearly 40 years. He has worked in most sectors of the energy industry including exploration, production, transportation and marketing, both domestically and internationally. He also has broad functional knowledge in strategy, business processes, and finance - with significant experience in leading business units, working with capital markets, evaluating alternative financings, risk management programs, economic analysis, acquisitions and divestitures, and corporate mergers.

He has written and spoken on numerous energy and finance topics during his career.

Sigmund Balaban - Director

Mr. Balaban has served as a Director of the Company since 2005. Mr. Balaban served as Senior Vice President / Corporate Secretary, of Fujitsu General America, Inc. of Fairfield, New Jersey, from 2000 until July of 2001 when he retired. Prior to that time, Mr. Balaban was Vice President, Credit of Teknika Electronics beginning in 1986 and served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Teknika Electronics beginning in 1992. In October 1995, Teknika Electronics changed its name to Fujitsu General America, Inc. Fujitsu General America, Inc. is a subsidiary of Fujitsu General, Ltd., a Japanese multiline manufacturer. Mr. Balaban was also a member of the Board of Directors of ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB: ARCS) from December 1994 until November 2008. He served as chairman of its Audit Committee from July 2002 until November 2008.

Roy G. Cohee - Director

Mr. Cohee has served as a Director of the Company since 2001. Mr. Cohee serves as Chairman of the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors. He has served as President of C & Y Transportation Co. since 1986. C & Y Transportation Co. started business in Casper, Wyoming in 1966 and is a privately held company focused on the transportation and storage of oil field equipment and supplies throughout the Western U.S. and Canada. Mr. Cohee has been with C & Y Transportation Co. since its inception in 1966. Mr. Cohee was elected to his first term in the Wyoming House of Representatives in 1998 and currently is in his sixth term and sits on the House Highways and Transportation Committee and the House Revenue Committee, while serving as Speaker of the House.

Brent Hathaway - Director

Mr. Hathaway was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of the Company in September 2008 and currently serves as the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.  He currently serves as Dean of the College Business at the University of Wyoming and has had various leadership responsibilities at the University since 2001.

Mr. Hathaway was previously Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Aerospace Services (a $2.5 billion business unit of Honeywell International) and served as Director of Marketing, Agricultural Equipment, and President and General Manager for Concord Inc., (a Case Corporation business unit). Prior to Case Corporation, he served as Branch Manager and Regional General Manager over field sales, service, and support operations for a technology company, as well as consulting to that industry for 5 years.

Mr. Hathaway has a Bachelors degree from Utah State University, a Masters degree from Purdue University and a PhD from the University of Illinois.

David Wilson - Director

Mr. Wilson was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors in February 2011, and currently serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee.  Mr. Wilson currently serves as an independent energy consultant.  From 1993 until his retirement in 2000, he led PricewaterhouseCooper's Energy Strategic Advisory Services Group.  He was President of Gas Acquisition Services, a gas management consulting firm from 1985 through 1988; from 1985 through 1988; from 1977 through 1985 he served as Vice President, Exploration and Corporate Development of Consolidated Oil and Gas; and from 1975 through 1977 he served as Manager, Diversification Programs for Williams Exploration.  Prior to 1977 he held various positions in the oil and gas exploration industry.  Since 2004, he has also served as an independent director of Energen Corporation (NYSE: EGN), a diversified energy company, focusing on natural gas distribution, and oil and gas exploration and production.